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January 31, 2014

Hagberg top seed for qualifying

Alexander Hagberg will lead away the top heat in qualifying this evening at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series after the Xray driver was fastest in timed practice at the Muelheim-Kaerlich event. Having set the pace in the first timed practice over defending Champion Ronald Volker, the Swede was able to improve his 3-consecutive fastest laps by .085 of a second in the final practice while his closest rivals failed to better their early times. Hagberg becomes the first driver to top Volker this season, the Yokomo driver having completely dominated the season opener in the Czech Republic, a result albeit only practice will be a big boost for the former race winner who had a disappointing 2012/13 season of ETS.

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January 31, 2014

Hagberg tops first timed practice at ETS

Hagberg tops first time practice at ETS

Team Xray’s Alexander Hagberg set the pace in the opening round of timed practice at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the Swede the fastest over consecutive laps from defending Champion Ronald Volker. The second round of the championship, the German event marks the return of Atsushi Hara to international touring car competition, the former world Champion getting his debut for Yokomo off to a steady start with the 8th fastest time.

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January 30, 2014

Atsushi Hara joins Hobbywing

Hobbywing have announced the signing of 2000 IFMAR World Champion Atsushi Hara to use their ESC and motors for the 2014 season. Making his debut at this weekends ETS Rd2, having signed a deal with Yokomo to compete in the series, the Japanese star had the following to say:

I am very excited to join Hobbywing team in 2014! A very special thanks to Jack, Michael and Salton for the excellent offer. I’m looking forward to the ISTC Worlds coming in this October. We will show huge performance for this event!

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

January 29, 2014

Durango DETC410 1/10th touring car

Durango have released complete information on their DETC410 1/10 Touring Car kit. Designed and engineered to win in the hands of experienced TC racers, the DETC410 is also the perfectly balanced TC kit for newcomers to this fast, dynamic and exciting racing class. Featuring CVD D-Joint drive shafts, tuned-stiffness suspension arms and custom suspension hanger and caster block insert tuning system, all included in your kit box. With such a high stock specification, you can build your DETC410 and get straight to racing, with no need for additional parts.

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January 29, 2014

Hara rejoins ETS with Yokomo deal

RC racing legend Atsushi Hara will make a return to the Yokomo Euro Touring Series after concluding a deal with reigning champions Yokomo to contest this weekend’s (31st Jan – 2nd Feb) second round in Germany. A two time ETS race winner, Hara has signed with the Japanese manufacturer to also contest Round 3 of the world famous touring car championship which takes place on the Spanish holiday Island of Gran Canaria in March. Teaming up with three time series champion & Round 1 winner Ronald Volker and race winner Yannic Prumper, this will be the 2006 World Champions first competitive ETS outing since Apeldoorn in 2012. One of world’s most popular racers, as highlighted by the reaction when he drove in the ‘Dash for Cash’ in the season finale last year at the Hudy Arena, ETS Round 2 will be Hara’s first international touring car event since his departure from HB/HPI Racing last August. Also joining Hara for the weekend at Yokomo will be 1:8 offroad rival and reigning World Champion Robert Batlle who will make his touring car debut at the Muelheim-Kaerlich event.

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January 29, 2014

Novarossi Vir-Tus .21 offroad & .12 onroad engines

Novarossi have introduced their new engine line for 2014, headed by their new Vir-Tus .21 off road and .12 onroad engines, joining last year’s .21 onroad engine release. The key development of the Vir-Tus over their previous engines is the patented shifted carburetor which sees the carburetor opening mounted to the crankcase off centre to the crankshaft which helps create a better mixture flow inside the engine which in turn improves the fuel efficiency. Other updates seen on both motors are the new main bearing that reduces the inertia of the rotating masses and increase scavenging, new cooling head mounted with 6 screws for a better seal and new balanced crankshafts with the .12 sporting a larger diameter connecting pin. The .21 offroad has 7 ports while the .12 is a 3 port engine, both coming with ceramic main bearing and steel front bearing as standard.

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January 29, 2014

Vesa Yli joins JFT Tires

Xenon Racing and JFT Tires have announced the signing of top European 1/12th scale drive Vesa Yli. The Finnish driver, who is the manufacturer of the well know V-Dezign chassis, has made the switch to the Japanese made JFT tires for the new season and will also continue to use other Xenon Racing parts on his cars as he has in the past. Vesa gave this statement:

I would like to thank Terutaka Hanaumi from Xenon and JFT Racing for this opportunity to race with their tires made with the highest quality standards! Been supported by Xenon Racing since 2007 already, I am very excited and looking forward to the future races and to help developing even better products! I would also like to thank Markus Mobers for his support for tires over the last 5 years.

Source: Xenon Racing [xenon.ne.jp]

January 28, 2014

Reds Racing M3 World Cup Series engine

Reds Racing have released their new M3 World Cup Series, a 2.1 cc motor for the On-road Touring Racing class. The new engine offers the most advanced technologies to get the best performance and reliability. Featuring a lightweight cylinder for increased engine performance at low and medium RPM, a tuned and balanced crankshaft, domed piston, ‘Direct Cooling’ cooling head technology, optimized timing to reduce fuel consumption and of course M.Rossi special tuning to make the engine simply powerful. The WCS is also one of the lightest in its category, weighing just 205g.

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